Replacing glass on ipad 4 - messy
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NYJimbo
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Check ifixit.com first and then call the customer and tell them you don't fix ipads. 
Check ifixit.com first and then call the customer and tell them you don't fix ipads.
Ha ha. Well, the part is already ordered from ifixit and it's my friend's ipad, the goal here being to buy it from her after I fix, that is if I don't mess it up worse trying to replace the glass. And yeah, it's a nightmare...even without glass shattered this much it's rated "difficult" and almost 50 freakin' steps.
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Better you than me. Cracked the glass on my iPad. Left it at a nearby mall while I ran a call. $90, no muss, no fuss.
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You just have to do it the same way as normal, apply some heat and use a thin pick or pry tool (isesamo is my favorite) to lift off the screen. With it being that shattered, you are going to have to spend some time cleaning off theropod adhesive and glass pieces. You can try covering the entire front with packaging tape to try and hold it all together.
If you've never done an iPad 4 before, be careful of the home button cable. It runs from the home button, along the glass towards the left side, and is adhered to the underside of the glass.
If you've never done an iPad 4 before, be careful of the home button cable. It runs from the home button, along the glass towards the left side, and is adhered to the underside of the glass.
Matthew Bradley
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Run some packaging tape on that screen first. When they are this bad, a few strips of wide tape will save you from having to pick a million pieces off of it.
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we use gloves (the blue medical ones) isesamo and a good heat gun... shouldn't be too bad... did about 7 yesterday as my main tech was backed up... just make sure you get the frame cleaned very well (alchohol and qtips work well) otherwise it won't readhere well.
Matthew Bradley
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Curious, Chris - what do you use and what is your technique for getting the adhesive off the edges? We spend what seems to be most of the time on this step alone. End up going through a half a box of Qtips using combination of alcohol and goo-be-gone.
SprinterTech-WI
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basicaly.... a razor blade helps... otherwise lots of elbow grease
slowride326
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Not sure where you supply your parts, but make sure you are getting the iPad digitizes with black tape not 3m crap. Also if you don't have a hot plate, and standard pancake griddle will save you from over doing with a heat gun and burning out lcd.
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To remove adhesive safely and quickly we use Quick N Easy. It's much like the 3M adhesive remover but a little cheaper. We have small bottles we pour it in and then boxes of q-tips at every bench. Just dip the q-tip in the bottle and get all the old glue damp. Wait a couple minutes and use a plastic razor blade to peal it right off. Works great for old hard and dried CPU compound as well. You'll find it at an auto supply house that sells car paint supplies typically. They'll refer to it as weatherstrip adhesive remover. You'll get more mileage out of it if you don't use the spray nozzle.
I should add once we get the glue off we give it a once over with the 99.9% alcohol to remove any residue before sticking the glass.
Also not all 3M tape is junk. Get your 3M from BowlerTech and you'll see the difference. That pre-stuck 3M stuff on lots of digitizers doesn't stick to anything I've seen. We order glass now without tape and put on BowlerTech adhesives. No more lifting issues.
I should add once we get the glue off we give it a once over with the 99.9% alcohol to remove any residue before sticking the glass.
Also not all 3M tape is junk. Get your 3M from BowlerTech and you'll see the difference. That pre-stuck 3M stuff on lots of digitizers doesn't stick to anything I've seen. We order glass now without tape and put on BowlerTech adhesives. No more lifting issues.
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SprinterTech-WI
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only 3 grand for a 55 gallon drum 
http://www.amazon.com/Auto-Tech-Man...68QX0FV4&dpSrc=sims&dpST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_
http://www.amazon.com/Auto-Tech-Man...68QX0FV4&dpSrc=sims&dpST=_AC_UL160_SR160,160_
gadgetfixup
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LOL, we get it by the quart locally and it's about $30 a quart. Lasts forever.
SprinterTech-WI
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gadgetfixup
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Probably a better explanation on why the pre-stuck "3M" adhesives don't stick very good. Fake 3M tape. This Bowler Tech stuff is no joke. I don't like spending the extra time putting the tape on the glass but compared to do-overs or trying to re-stick lifting glass, it's time well spent. We haven't had a single glass pop up after switching to Bowler Tech. Of course good preparation is still essential.
http://bowlertech-adhesives.com/faq/
http://bowlertech-adhesives.com/faq/
Krynn72
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We use 3M Sticker Remover Pens to remove the adhesive. Works excellently as the pen nib is a scrubbing pad too. Gets the frame to look factory new. We follow it by a quick alcohol and q-tip clean to clean any excess residue off. We then use 3M adhesive sheets (at the suggestion of another member here, SprinterTech I believe) and it is the same quality bond as the BowlerTech stuff but a LOT cheaper.
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I don't do phones (well not yet anyway) but lots of people come into my shop with screen issues. What I have been seeing lately is people saying they took it to another shop and had the screen replaced but it started coming apart/lifting and they went back to those shops and were given the run around that is was their fault. I only mention this because its happening quite often now. It used to just be people coming in for a repair to a broken screen but now many are asking about fixing a recently repaired screen.
SprinterTech-WI
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we use the death out of those sheets
SprinterTech-WI
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thats crap shops... we have a lifetime warranty... that's definitely covered.
heck we even replace the screen if its broken and separated usually.
NYJimbo
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Blood Orange oil ? Weird. I wouldn't think something like this would be the choice solvent for glue removal.
